Mercy: Delivering better quality healthcare at a lower cost
How Mercy has leveraged its supply chain to provide better, more cost-effective healthcare
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SV Agri – Consolidating India’s Potato Supply Chain
Indian agriculture industry is segmented, scattered and primitive. SV Agri is a promising new start-up that is building to streamline the potato supply chain in India. But how should they incorporate climate change in the services that they offer?
How to lose $1 trillion: Boeing’s struggle to capture China’s commercial jet market
Boeing is trapped between a groundswell of “America-first” manufacturing sentiment at home, and a fiercely competitive environment in China—its largest growth market for commercial jets. How the aerospace juggernaut handles this politically charged opportunity will determine the company’s growth prospects […]
Race to the Last-Mile: Challenges to Wal-Mart E-Commerce Deliveries
The last mile in the journey from warehousing to home delivery is by far the most expensive one. Wal-Mart is trying to unlock the last-mile riddle using a variety of approaches. Can they succeed where others are failing?
The Disruptor: the Costco of the Internet
Increasingly, e-commerce companies compete on faster – and usually free – shipping for consumers. Despite the use of advanced technology, even Amazon, the dominant market player with large scale, lost billions of dollars on shipping. How can other e-commerce operators compete in this arms race of faster shipping? Jet.com offers an interesting solutions.
Saving Winter Wonderland?
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening… Every holiday season, millions of avid skiers and snowboarders eagerly await the start of their favorite winter pastime. As ski resorts prepare for opening weekend, the anticipation for the thrill of laying the first […]
Chipotle: The Fast, Casual Descent to Supply Chain Oblivion
What’s the Beef? Chipotle proudly boasts a unique customer promise: locally sourced, non-GMO, antibiotic-free ingredients wherever possible to fuel a radically simple, affordable menu. This claim’s emotional resonance and the carefully choreographed supply chain which make it possible have […]
Making the capital-intensive oil & gas industry cost effective through 3-D printing.
Can technologies such as 3-D printing save the capital intensive oil and gas industry. Finding synergies and reducing cost in a low oil price environment has become extremely important for many oil & gas companies to survive, hence employing new technologies may help them reach that goal and stay afloat.
The post-Brexit hangover: One big headache for Diageo
Days before the Brexit vote, Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo, one of the largest producers and exporters of alcohol in the world, urged his UK employees to vote to ‘stay’ in the EU. Diageo couldn’t risk the uncertainty of losing access to the favorable free trade provisions that the EU had secured. But the vote didn’t go Diageo’s way. So what next?
This season, LVMH is wearing green
The luxury multi-national is sporting sustainability, and their products depend on it.